Something spicy sounded good to me. We love fajitas sold in our neighborhood Mexican restaurant, but at $15 per plate, it’s a pricey meal. Plus many times it contains too much oil and fat for my liking.

Let’s find creative ways to use leftovers to make economical tasty meals, such as fajitas.

Not only does using leftovers make financial sense, it’ll stretch your dollar even farther by using less meat to serve more people.

There’s nothing better than Mimi’s homemade muffins. They’re soft, warm and huge!

To celebrate Mimi’s Cafe’s 30 Year Birthday, they selected a winner of the Mimi’s Meaningful Muffin Contest. The winning muffin will appear in restaurants soon but in the meantime, YOU can have the recipe for your own.

The wonderful combination of pineapple and coconut creates a delightful taste sensation in these tender tropical muffins.

Here’s a great way to make your own homemade instant hand sanitizer, or Purell, as most people know it. But first some interesting tips.

A study published in the journal Emerging Infectious Diseases found that at least one brand of sanitizer found on store shelves, as well as some recipes for homemade versions circulating on Web sites, contain significantly less than the 60 percent minimum alcohol concentration that health officials deem necessary to kill most harmful bacteria and viruses, including the flu virus.

Hand sanitizers, whether store-bought or homemade, kill harmful bacteria and viruses using the alcohol portion of the solution. But straight Isopropyl Alcohol evaporates too quickly, so I mix it with 100% aloe gel. Here’s the recipe that you can use.

One of my fondest memories as a child come Easter time was dyeing Easter Eggs with my brother. I remember the glass cups lined up with different vibrant hues, our fingers stained with the same colors that were in the cups. The slight smell of vinegar in the air and the warmth of the eggs still bring up happy thoughts.

Yes, eggs can be frozen! When eggs are inexpensive, you can stockpile them to use in cooking, baking, and scrambled egg dishes.

But don’t freeze eggs in their shell. Purchase an inexpensive ice cube tray (from a $1 store or thrift store) and use that to have single serving eggs. After they’re frozen, you can put them in a freezer container, label them, and store.

Use eggs as soon as they are thawed and only in dishes that will be thoroughly cooked.